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CASE REPORT article

Front. Cardiovasc. Med.
Sec. Aortic Surgery and Endovascular Repair
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1418949
This article is part of the Research Topic

Pathogenesis of Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection

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HOMEMADE PERICARDIAL BIFURCATED GRAFT FOR Q FEVER INFECTED ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM OPEN REPAIR: A CASE REPORT Provisionally Accepted

Audrey MOUCHE1 Julie Baron1 Claire Toquet1 Tom LE CORVEC1 Blandine MAUREL1 Antoine BENICHOU1 Justine MOUGIN1*
  • 1Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Nantes, France

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Q fever is a zoonotic infection caused by Coxiella burnetii. In rare case, it can lead to vascular complications, including infected aneurysms. Successful treatment involves surgery and antibiotics, but there is no established consensus or clear recommendation for the choice of material graft.We report a case of abdominal aortic aneurysm infected by Coxiella burnetii treated by open surgery with complete resection of the aneurysm and homemade bovine pericardial bifurcated graft reconstruction and long term antibiotherapy by Doxycycline.One year after the surgery, the patient had no sign of persistent infection or vascular complication. Moreover, C. burnetii immunoglobulins titers decreased after 6 months postoperative.

Keywords: Q Fever, Coxiella burnetii, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, inflammatory aortic disease, Vascular Surgery

Received: 17 Apr 2024; Accepted: 08 May 2024.

Copyright: © 2024 MOUCHE, Baron, Toquet, LE CORVEC, MAUREL, BENICHOU and MOUGIN. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

* Correspondence: Dr. Justine MOUGIN, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Nantes, Nantes, France